Hey Folks!
While working with a Consistent Character Storybook Project; I decided to educate myself on Print-On-Demand (POD) platform called Lulu. It's an alternative to Amazon KDP.
Anywhoo... for my project, I created 12 image scenes and the client provided 12 (story text) snippets, which gives us 24 pages less the (title, copyright, dedication) pages. Now that I think about it, that gives me a total of 30 pages, because those three pages will have blank pages behind them.
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On Lulu, Children's storybooks typically have 32 pages, which is the industry standard for picture books. However, for self-publishing, a total page count in multiples of 4 or 8 is recommended to avoid blank pages.
While many children's books can be shorter, 24-32 pages is ideal for standard paperback, and saddle stitch binding allows for even shorter books.
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